Chirp! Chirp! A Cartoon Spread–Austrian Body-Painting Festival

Hi everybody! I have a few things that are out in print this month so I wanted to get them up on the blog.

First up is a spread I did for the Jan-Feb ’13 issue of Chirp magazine. This was a lot of fun to assemble and figure out, to have characters applying and wearing body paint. I learned a lot about the art form just doing research. Some samples of the spread are below. Thank you, Owlkids, for the fun project!

Paula, you are so amazing at these really complex, draw-a-zillion people scenes! Really fun–nice job!

Paula

January 15, 2013 | 3:50 pm

Thank you, Gina & Nancy! I appreciate you guys leaving comments!

My first inspiration is Mad Magazines, Sergio Aragones. I probably mentioned that before…But back when I was young, I loved looking for his cartoons in the margins as well as his larger, busy pieces. My favorite has always been this 2-page spread he did depicting Woodstock. Wish I could see it again…